Towel cabinet



Nov. 12, 1929.

F. M. STEINER TOWEL CABINET Filed Jan. 13, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTOENE Y6 Nov. 12', 1929. F. M. STEINER TOWEL CABINET Filed Jan. 15, 192'? 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 22 /4 4 H6. fr mmor Hem/KM fins/NEE fiykq fi WM 147'T'OENE Ks" 1 than Mi seamen;onm nnnsroais, ivrrn nnsora, ASSIGNOR TO smelting-earns CQQMPAHYQOFSALT LAKE CITY; mean, a CORPORATION or UTAH TOWEL CABINET Application fil ed January 13, 1927. Serial No. 160,965,:

' lngfilling or loading a towel cabinet, it has been customary to wind the loose end ona stick or roll designated asthe takeaip roll so that in the operation of using the clean 5 towel the 'soiled web will besynchronously wound on the take-up roll asthe clean'web is unrolled irom the clean-roll and when the elean-webis exhausted the attendant will remove the stickfrom the soiled roll returning J the soiled roll to the laundry andrepla'cing fthelstick'in the: cabinet, the loose end of the fresh; clean webplaced in the. cabinet being wrappedra few times around the stick to re peat'the winding operation as the web is used. 1 2 The object of my present invention is todispense'with this sticker take-up roll and in place thereof provide means whereby the loose end of the used web will be rolled upon itself to forriithe roll of soiled towel so that s when-the attendant reloads the cabinet it is onlyinecessary to lift out the -roll of soiled towel without'the necessity of detaching it,

from the stick-or take-uprolland thus I am ahle to' .dispensewith oneirollor stick which "heretofore has been regarded necessary in the construction "of the cabinet; and save time us- 'u'ally required for filiing a'cabinetby eliminating theoperation of removing the stick from the soiled'roll and starting the winding of the fresh roll on the stick; A further object is to provide a'simple inexpensive construction which,"without adding materially Ito the cost of the cabinet, ill allow the user of the clean towel to wind up the soiled web asfast as the clean web is used: r Other objectsof the invention will appear "from the iiolI-lowingdetaileddescription; j I In as accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, I -Figure :14 is a: verticalg sectional VIEW throughfa' floorcabinetiembodying my inventienfsnewnig the beginning of the formation of the soiled towel roll;

Figure 2 is a similar viewof the upper portion of the cabinet showing the soiled roll when theclean web is nearly exhausted;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 8-3 F of Figure 2; 1

Ii -4% Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view showthe web of towel.-- -i'lil-lisstop devicevl' n ak'e" series of openings 15. TAsha'ft 16' is pre ing a modified construction of the means. for rolling the soiled web into a roll;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view showing the soiled roll practically completed ;,.and Figure 6 is a sectional viewon the line .66 of Figure 5. e V a f In thedrawing, 2 represents the sidewalls of the cabinet; 3, the front wallhaving an opening 4 in the upper portion thereof through which the user may have access to the 69 clean towel web; 5, the-vtop'of the cabinet,.' and 6,21 mirrorpre'ferablyl arranged at a suit able angle to becon'veniently usedby a'person standing in iront ofthecabinet. r

In the lower portion. of thecabinet is. a fi chamber 7 having an opening 8 in the real wall and abovethis opening is a backplatet) which substantially closes the rear ofthe eabi net and forms a guide on which the'clean' web of towel may slide. 10 is roll ofcleantowel 1 that'is placed in the chamber? and is allowed to rollback and forth therein to unwindthe ciean web of towel from the roll. Fromthis roll the web is stretched th'rough'the opening having a roughened, preferably sanded,su'rface on which the web of'towelfwill not-slip '8 and up therearwallf) over a-feedfr'ollll' so that when the user grasps theflweh oi towel andpull's thereon the feed roll will be re.-

volved. A stopdevice 12 is provided in con- 30 nection with the feed roll 11 having a keyl3 that is manipulated by .theQuser of thetowel to release the feed roll preparatory to pulling no claim to in thisapplication... T fW'hen the user grasps the'iweb of clean V towel he will draw itoutwardly through the .opening 4 to a. point where the 'web canfbge conveniently used and whenthe user releases the web, a willfall back by gravity, within so the chamber ofthecabinetand depend from i the feed roll'asiindicated by" full lines in Figure 1. The'endiof the web of towel will (re-1 pend'loosely within the cabinet and I- provide v a trough-shapedsupport 14 at tl1eloweri.portion of the cabmetwhereon-the:loose endof the web fa-llsand the bottom of'thistrough] or support is provided "preferably fw' H L aeribelow the openings 15 having a' drivingeoin nection-17 with the feed roll 11 and on this shaft 16 I provide a series of rolls 18 having roughened surfaces preferably by sanding with a portion of the roll projecting upwardly through the openings 15 in the support 14 as shownplainly in Figure 1. These rolls are so. positioned with respect to the support 14 7' that the loose end of the web of towel depending from the feed roll will contact with the surface of theserolls and when the towel is placed in the cabinet the movement of the rolls will slide-the loose end of the web to. the

full line position indicated in Figure 1 and 'when the-extreme end has been pushed to a predetermined point it will tip inwardly by gravity and form the'first or inner'fold as indicated by dotted lines, a portion of the web contacting, with the surfaces of the roughened rolls so that the continuedinovement of theirolls will cause the web to be folded or I rolled upon itself as itlies on the support to form a rollof soiled towel with the convolutions thereof lying closely together as indicated in Figure 2. Iam therefor'e able to dispense with the stick or take-up roll and avoid the necessity of separating the soiled I towel roll therefrom when the web of clean .towel is exhausted'and the cabinet is refilled one shaft with a series of larger rolls there-on as shown in Figure 1. I prefer also in this modified construction to provide larger openings 23in the bottom ofthe support and through these openings theirolls 21 and 22 project so that theweb of soiled towel will contact with both of the groups of rolls, the

7 rolls revolving in'the same direction'and operatingto wind the soiled towel into a roll as it rests upon the support when fed thereto by the action of the user standingin front of the vious figures.

cabinet.

same as described with reference to'the pre- These'winding rolls may be made of any suitable size and there maybe any number of them;

I haveshownanddescribed this invention (as applied to the floor type of cabinet; that is, one havinglegs andadapted'to rest upon "the floor of the restroom'or' otherplace where the cabinet may be located. I do not, howr The method of winding the soiled web where two sets of rolls are employed is shown in Figure 4 and is substantially the I claim as my invention:

1. A towel cabinet having means to support a supply of clean towel therein, a feed roll over which a web of clean towel may be stretched for delivery to the user, a trough having a concave inner surface and also having openings therein and whereto'the loose end ofthe towel web is delivered to lie thereon and means geared to said feed roll and operating through saidtrough and engaging the web of towel to move it on said concave surfaceand wind it into a roll.

2. A towel cabinet having means to support a supply of'cleantowel therein, a feed roll over which a webof'clean towel may be stretched for deliv'eryto' the user, a stationary trough having a concave inner surface and also having openingstherein and whereto theloose end of the towel web may be delivered to lie thereon, and a roll geared 't-osaidfeed roll and having'a roughened surface operating through said openings in said trough and engaging the loose end 7 of the towel web to wind it into aroll. 8. Atowel cabinet having means to suproll over which a web of clean towel may be stretchedfor delivery to the user, a winding roll having a driving connection with said feed roll for cynchronous operation, a Sta- 7 'tionary receiver having an upwardlypr'ojecting concave portion cooperating with said winding roll to wind the loose endof the towel upon itself to form a roll. 1

4.- A towel cabinet having means to support a roll of clean towel therein, a feed roll over which a web of cleantowel may be stretched and passed to the user, a trough shaped mem- I her having aconcave overhanging side, said member having a series of openings inits bottom and winding-rolls having a driving connection with saidfeed roll and operating through the openings in said trough shaped member and engageable with a web of towel to cause it to move up under said overhanging side and wind it into a roll.

5. A towel cabinet having a feed roll in its upper portion, an opening below said feed roll and a trough like support below the opening, said support having a concave upper and nner surface and openings through its bottom, a shaft below said support and having feed rolls projecting into said openings, said shaft being geared to said first mentionedfeedroll.

In witness-whereof, I-have hereunto'set my 7 hand this l0thday of J anuary, l 927.' 1 v FRANK M.. STEINE-R;

Iever, confine myself tois uch use as'the inventionlis applicable to a wall type of cabinet if it is desired'to use it in such'a structure; that is, a cabinet that is fastened on the wall'or fioor. i

' other support instead :of'res'ting upon the v i 90 port a supply of clean toweltherein, a feed 

